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howard, it sounds like david brook s is talking about the republican party of oh, i don't know, about 20 years ago, when they did indeed have new england senators, oregon republican senators, exactly that geographic description of where he would like to see republicans succeed. >> well, it is my sad duty to inform david that theodore roosevelt is dead, nelson rockefeller is dead, and yes, even richard nixon is dead. this republican party, he can attach whatever wings he wants to, i read his article carefully. he is brilliant, a writer about brain behavior. partisan politics, i'm not sure. this republican party is what it is, although interestingly, the republican party as it is right now, based in the south and the midwest, being what it is in the sort of ronald reagan-bush family image is moving very rapidly. don't forget, lawrence, within the last couple of weeks they caved on the fiscal cliff, at least temporarily. they just voted in john kerry by 94 to 3. and leaving aside the guys from texas and oklahoma, all the other republicans voted for john kerry. and they're moving very qui
howard, it sounds like david brook s is talking about the republican party of oh, i don't know, about 20 years ago, when they did indeed have new england senators, oregon republican senators, exactly that geographic description of where he would like to see republicans succeed. >> well, it is my sad duty to inform david that theodore roosevelt is dead, nelson rockefeller is dead, and yes, even richard nixon is dead. this republican party, he can attach whatever wings he wants to, i read...
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. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks offer analysis. >> ifill: on this day that coincides with the martin luther king, jr., holiday, we get perspective from presidential historians richard norton smith, annette gordon reed, and beverly gage. >> brown: and we close with the words of a student poet, inspired by the second inaugural to write and perform her work, "change." >> like martin luther king i still have a dream that this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed and bring the people a new breed change. the mounting death toll in algeria now includes three americans. that, and other important stories, will be at the end of the program tonight. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was m
. >> brown: mark shields and david brooks offer analysis. >> ifill: on this day that coincides with the martin luther king, jr., holiday, we get perspective from presidential historians richard norton smith, annette gordon reed, and beverly gage. >> brown: and we close with the words of a student poet, inspired by the second inaugural to write and perform her work, "change." >> like martin luther king i still have a dream that this nation will rise up and live...
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. >> brown: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. d... >>his ogram was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: a federal appeals court rejected several recess appointments made by president obama last year, saying the moves were unconstitutional. the president appointed three people to the national labor relations board last january. the president argued he was justified in doingo because the senate w away for 20-day break. but republicans and business groups said the senate was still technically in session, if only for
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. >> brown: plus, mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: a federal appeals court rejected several recess appointments made by president obama last year saying the moves were unconstitutional. the president appointed three people to the national labor relations board last january. the president argued he was justified in doing so because the senate was away for a 20-day break. but republicans and business groups said the senate was still technically in session,
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mark shields, david brooks, thank you. and and mark and david keep up the talk on the "doubleheader," recorded in our newsroom. that will be posted at the top of the rundown later tonight. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: u.s. employers added another 155,000 jobs in december, but the unemployment rate stayed at 7.8%. the food and drug administration proposed the most far-reaching food safety rules in decades. and congress approved the first installment of aid for the victims of hurricane sandy. online, we look at how u.s. arts institutions are embracing digital technologies. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: have you ever live-tweeted during an opera? a study by the pew research center looks at the new ways in which cultural organizations are enriching their programs with technology and social media. jeff has that conversation on "art beat." how do you evict hundreds of vultures from living in the trees in your yard? according to the department of agriculture, with noisemakers and fireworks. see
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mark shields david brooks thank you. and and mark and david keep up the talk on the "doubleheader," recorded in our newsroom. that will be posted at the top of the rundown later tonight. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: u.s. employers added another 155,000 jobs in december, but the unemployment rate stayed at 7.8%. the food and drug administration proposed the most far-reaching food safety rules in decades. and congress approved the first installment of aid for the victims of hurricane sandy. online, we look at how u.s. arts institutions are embracing digital technologies. hari sreenivasan explains. >> sreenivasan: have you ever live-tweeted during an opera? a study by the pew research center looks at the new ways in which cultural organizations are enriching their programs with technology and social media. jeff has that conversation on "art beat." how do you evict hundreds of vultures from living in the trees in your yard? according to the department of agriculture, with noisemakers and fireworks. see
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but bottom line is what david brooks just argued the real key here? >> you know, that's a good question and there's so much more to hagel's nomination than just what is going on at the pentagon, he reflects the president's thinking on the middle east and that's one of the reasons why he's such a good fit for the president. and i don't know given the fact normally if you have a republican with a democratic president, bob gates in effect, during the first term, that would give the president a lot of cover to do things but chuck hagel has staked out a position to the leflt of his party on foreign policy and national defense in particular. that's the job he's being hired to do. so i don't know the cover actually exists. so that brings it all back to the president. and that is why i think that what republicans on the hill will use these confirmation hearings to do is to get at the president's policy, vis avis iran and israel. if this was all about budget cuts and pentagon, there would be more policy angst within conservative and foreign policy circles here
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david brooks, he sounded a lot more uplifting than four years ago. >> i thought it was beautiful and effective speech. he touched on the if you want to know strong argument. >> mark, i heard themes of collective action of what's left undone. >> i would say this. there is shorthand that i would apply to the speech it has to be us. not how am i doing, how are we doing, this is -- >> chuck humiditier is now introducing kelly clarkson, the first winner much the "american idol". >> i think she'll be singing the national anthem. beyonce is doing the national anthem. ♪ ♪ my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty ♪ of thee i sing ♪ land where my father died, land of the pilgrim's pride ♪ from every mountain top ♪ let freedom ring ♪ ♪ my father's god to thee ♪ author of liberty ♪ to thee we sing ♪ long may our land be bright ♪ with freedom's holy light ♪ protect us by thy might ♪ great god our king ♪ >> grammy award winner, 0 years old, kelly clarkson. "my country tis of thee" you don't usually get to hear all three versions. >> i had chance to talk to him, ve
david brooks, he sounded a lot more uplifting than four years ago. >> i thought it was beautiful and effective speech. he touched on the if you want to know strong argument. >> mark, i heard themes of collective action of what's left undone. >> i would say this. there is shorthand that i would apply to the speech it has to be us. not how am i doing, how are we doing, this is -- >> chuck humiditier is now introducing kelly clarkson, the first winner much the...
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now, will the david brooks and the bobby jindahls and jeb bushes of the world really step out and do that kind of we really got to save our party thing? it seems to me there's a good chance that they might. >> i'm also interested too in the kind of underlying policy debate here because i think even if you got rid of the tea party, the republican party would have some real crisis points around economic policy. they don't really have a policy for an era in which all votes are not rising, and brooks made that point very well in his piece. you know, they oppose dodd frank, but they didn't have any ideas with how to clean up the football system. they oppose obama care, but there's no ideas about how to fix health. it's not extremists. it's this underlying where do we go when we're in a totally different economic era than in the past? >> which is not to say that they're always going to lose or they have no influence circling back to the hagel hearings. senator cruz from texas, you know, elected this fall largely out of the tea party movement. the gun -- the federal gun debate that's going
now, will the david brooks and the bobby jindahls and jeb bushes of the world really step out and do that kind of we really got to save our party thing? it seems to me there's a good chance that they might. >> i'm also interested too in the kind of underlying policy debate here because i think even if you got rid of the tea party, the republican party would have some real crisis points around economic policy. they don't really have a policy for an era in which all votes are not rising,...
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mark shields and david brooks, thank you. >> brown: and now, for some historical perspective on this 57th inaugural, we're joined by three presidential historians: annette gordon-reed of harvard university, richard norton smith of george mason university, and beverly gage of yale university. and let me start with you. all kinds of history was out there today. right? >> absolutely brown: what echos did you hear in the president's speech? >> i was very, very much struck by his use of the declaration of independence, the words about all men are created equal to make the case for a comor collective vision of what we're supposed to do so in america. his linking with the pursuit of happiness and liberty which is typically thought of as something that is individualistic. the echos of a community, ideas of people working together were very, very strong. i thought it was surprising in a way because he's not a president who often invokes the founders. certainly not by name. this was very, very much on his mind. >> brown: beverly, what jumped out at you? >> i think we a lot of historic occasion
mark shields and david brooks, thank you. >> brown: and now, for some historical perspective on this 57th inaugural, we're joined by three presidential historians: annette gordon-reed of harvard university, richard norton smith of george mason university, and beverly gage of yale university. and let me start with you. all kinds of history was out there today. right? >> absolutely brown: what echos did you hear in the president's speech? >> i was very, very much struck by his...
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there was a deeply depressing column by david brooks o friday that said the era of the grand bargain is over. what he meant by that was, there was a feeling over the past few years that both sides would come together and cut taxes and spending and get a g grand bargain pier that seems to be a lost opportunity. obama seems to be moving away with it -- from it. they will get into squabbles over the debt ceiling, buthey will not deal with the pblem in an essential way. >> i am reading robert carroll's latest book on lbj. it looked like jack kennedy was having the same problem with the congress. evererything was being sidetracked. >> that is true. i would say this as far as what senator obama said in 2006, consistency is the hobgoblin of small mes. but there was a different attitude. we have raised the debt ceiling 70-plus times. the congress has voted to do it. there was always a sense of we are not going to vote e to rai the other guys debt ceiling but there was always the understa that we would provide the votes in the final ananalysis. the president's party y did that. right now, wha
there was a deeply depressing column by david brooks o friday that said the era of the grand bargain is over. what he meant by that was, there was a feeling over the past few years that both sides would come together and cut taxes and spending and get a g grand bargain pier that seems to be a lost opportunity. obama seems to be moving away with it -- from it. they will get into squabbles over the debt ceiling, buthey will not deal with the pblem in an essential way. >> i am reading robert...
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one thing that we have for david brooks, why hagel was picked. referencing the long game of this. chuck hagel has been nominated to supervise the beginning of this generation long process. he probably wants a decorated war hero to boot. do you think that is the bigger calculation as we look at the long-range plan of why the president would go ahead and pick chuck hagel. >> i do. i think david hit the nail on the head. hagel has said he thinks the military spending is bloated and this is a terrific opportunity for someone to get in and do the military spending cuts that the president wanted all along. that's, i believe, another strong reason why the president supports him and that way he can get in there and get military spending cuts. david brooks also pointed out this is one of many positions that the president is going to have to look at other ways to boost education spending and spending in other areas. but certainly hagel as a decorated war veteran will be someone who is a great voice and face for the military but at the same time, he has not been quiet about his desires to cu
one thing that we have for david brooks, why hagel was picked. referencing the long game of this. chuck hagel has been nominated to supervise the beginning of this generation long process. he probably wants a decorated war hero to boot. do you think that is the bigger calculation as we look at the long-range plan of why the president would go ahead and pick chuck hagel. >> i do. i think david hit the nail on the head. hagel has said he thinks the military spending is bloated and this is a...
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mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. bell come back, jae, jae. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: so afghanistan, the president met with hamid karzai at the white house. david what do you make of this announcement or sense now that they going to try to get u.s. troops out of a combat role quicker than expected. >> i guess i'm mostly impressed by how little resistance there is to us hitting the exit. some of it budgetary, you can't afford it i guess i have two concerns. one is what happens to school girls there. if the taliban takes over part of the country and second, and this goes to the whole mood of the country right now, suppose something happens and we have to do something express-- expensive around the world. where is the money going come for that. where is the public will are going come from. the mood of the country, it's not isolationist, but it's don't bother us now, we-- is very unlikely that we'll go 8 years without having a major foreign cries thas will cost us something. when that crisis comes, will we turn ar
mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. bell come back, jae, jae. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: so afghanistan, the president met with hamid karzai at the white house. david what do you make of this announcement or sense now that they going to try to get u.s. troops out of a combat role quicker than expected. >> i guess i'm mostly impressed by how little resistance there is to us hitting the exit. some of it budgetary, you can't afford it i guess...
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and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and by bnsf railway. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the future u.s. military role in afghanistan was front and center today as president obama met with afghan leader hamid karzai. they reported progress in their talks, and said the pace of the security transition will be expedited. at their first face-to-face meeting since may, the leaders announced they're accelerating the handoff from u.s. and coalition forces to afghan troops. >> let me say it as pl
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. >> rose: here's what david brooks said. "it was the most unapologetically liberal speech we've heard barack obama give. it was really tracing american history and saying to keep faith to our ideals we have to change in a collective direction. we have to guarantee women equal income for the same work, he he mentioned gay rights and climate change and preserving medicare and social security. i thought it was laying down a liberal agenda." did you see it that way, mark? >> i think without a doubt, this was a progressive speech from a guy who has offered himself up sometimes as something more post-partisan. no doubt that almost every major progressive desire, vision of america was laid out in the speech. again, nothing surprising about what he believes. i thought the most surprising thing about the speech-- and it goes the point david brooks is making-- there's something surprising in it. there's nothing he said about these issues are important to him that was new or fresh or allowed us to see into his vision of how to move the
. >> rose: here's what david brooks said. "it was the most unapologetically liberal speech we've heard barack obama give. it was really tracing american history and saying to keep faith to our ideals we have to change in a collective direction. we have to guarantee women equal income for the same work, he he mentioned gay rights and climate change and preserving medicare and social security. i thought it was laying down a liberal agenda." did you see it that way, mark? >>...
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. >> there is a deeply depressing column by david brooks in "the new york times" that says the era of the grand bargain, as he calls it, is over. there was a feeling over the past couple of years that both sides would cut taxes and raise entitlements and get a grand bargain. that seemed to be a lost opportunity. obama seems to be moving away from it, congress may have squabbled over the debt ceiling, but they are not going to deal with the essential problem in a meaningful way. >> i am reading a book on lbj. jack kennedy was having the same problem with congress. everything was being sidetracked, they were not going anywhere. >> that is true. i would say this, as far as what senator obama said in 2006, consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. if there was a different attitude. we have raised the debt ceiling 70-plus times. there has always been that sense of we're not going to vote to raise the other guy's debt ceiling, but there was always the understanding that we would provide the votes in the final analysis. the president's party did that. right now, what you have is a situati
. >> there is a deeply depressing column by david brooks in "the new york times" that says the era of the grand bargain, as he calls it, is over. there was a feeling over the past couple of years that both sides would cut taxes and raise entitlements and get a grand bargain. that seemed to be a lost opportunity. obama seems to be moving away from it, congress may have squabbled over the debt ceiling, but they are not going to deal with the essential problem in a meaningful way....
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that's syndicated columnist mark shield and "new york times" columnist david brooks. >> don't worry, we recycle. >> all right, so the week began with the inauguration, we talked on monday it ends with the white house appointment of the new chief of staff, mark. what is the new team what is the language you heard this week tell you about the president that barack obama want os to be? >> i think like all re-elected presidents, he sees a mandate, an expanded vision of a mandate from the electoral victory. but he realizes time is short. and i think he does not show the same level of patience with the congress that he showed in his first term, that certain in patients, a realization that probably this is his best year in all likelihood, if history is any guide. i think he's been more sure footed. and i think a happier warrior as i said earlier. and i think the people, dennis mcdonough who has chosen to be his chief of staff is somebody whom he likes, whom he is comfortable with, it is very much in his comfort zone. >> uh-huh. >> and probably the only person ever to be white house chief of
that's syndicated columnist mark shield and "new york times" columnist david brooks. >> don't worry, we recycle. >> all right, so the week began with the inauguration, we talked on monday it ends with the white house appointment of the new chief of staff, mark. what is the new team what is the language you heard this week tell you about the president that barack obama want os to be? >> i think like all re-elected presidents, he sees a mandate, an expanded vision of a...
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do you think so. >> i think there is evidence to support the remarks david brooks is saying. bill burton a former deputy white house secretary and a close adviser to the president, very in close with the obama inner circle say as much in an interest view. he said we want chuck hagel there to allow us to bring through what he called huge cuts to the military. so you've got somebody close to the president who is saying that chuck hagel will make it easier for the obama administration to bring in this new era of military cuts. martha: the president's critics say that he has been really unconcerned and really has not spoken out much about the military cuts that would be part of the sequester. is that true? >> this is one of the things that i find most interesting about the past 18 months in washington. you've had uniformed military leaders and the secretary of defense and others screaming at the top of their lungs that the kinds of cuts that we would see in the sequester would be, quote, catastrophic to site one of them. you've had a president who seems almost indifferent rent to
do you think so. >> i think there is evidence to support the remarks david brooks is saying. bill burton a former deputy white house secretary and a close adviser to the president, very in close with the obama inner circle say as much in an interest view. he said we want chuck hagel there to allow us to bring through what he called huge cuts to the military. so you've got somebody close to the president who is saying that chuck hagel will make it easier for the obama administration to...